[Info-vax] The (now lost) future of Alpha.

[Arne Vajhøj]

On 8/2/2018 5:56 AM, Johnny Billquist wrote:
> On 2018-08-02 02:51, Arne Vajhøj wrote:
>> Well - a compiler can be written in pure C with no system calls at all
>> beyond the C RTL.
>>
>> So no need for any assembler to make system calls.
> 
> Well, the C RTL needs some assembler in order to make those system 
> calls... Hiding it in another library does not make it go away...

Correct.

But my point is just that a compiler can be written without
any system calls beyond C RTL.

I am not claiming that there is no need for assembler anywhere -
just that the compiler itself does not need it.

Arne